Sunday, February 05, 2006

Sunday, 05 February 2006 - Sore muscles

Dear God:Today, I am thankful for sore muscles - a sign that my new exercise routine is working.When it comes to getting fit, I believe in the no pain - no gain rule (I speak with some authority since I have a degree in Kinesiology from UCLA). So, I'm lifting weights regularly and adding jogging to my aerobics routine (T likes to run so jogging will be good for both of us). I'm hitting the heavy bag every other day and working my abs like there's no tomorrow. Pilates. Yes. Callanetics. Yes. Yoga. Yes.

The reason for this boost in activity? Well, it's a vanity thing. My 52nd birthday is next month, and I refuse to look or feel my age. For this blessing, I am grateful.Amen.

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Give us thankful hearts....Let us seize the day and the opportunity and strive for that Greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities, and let us ever remember that true gratitude and appreciation shows itself neither in independence nor satisfaction but passes the gift joyfully on in larger and better form.~W.E.B. DuBois

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.~Albert Schweitzer

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!~Henry Ward Beecher